THE HEADLINES ... HM Customs and Revenue is clearly in a state of some denial about the extent to which their pet subject is a byword for catatonic boredom: they have allowed the Boss Of All The Taxmen to have a go at delivering their new YouTube ad , instead of getting a professional in. If you are...
Readers of my US blog, AdScam , where informed yesterday that I have given up on Twitter. Why? Because in the last few days, I have had dozens of emails from very pissed off people asking why I am bombarding them with shitty emails flogging everything from insurance to condoms. Obviously someone has...
It’s hard to ignore the boom in popularity of social networks – whether it’s Twitter, Facebook or blogs – it seems that social media now needs to form a core element to any customer service strategy. And for good reason. At its heart, social network-based customer service interactions drive increased...
Here's eModeration's round-up of what struck us most over the past week or so. Compiled by our research consultant, Kate Williams. She's @emodkate if you want to tag along on Twitter. THE HEADLINES... After six long months, YouTube has finally inked a landmark deal to take Channel 4 content...
Did you happen to read the amazing interview in Monday’s Wall Street Journal with Jeff Horing, co-founder of Insight Venture Partners, a New York private-equity firm that was the lead investor in Twitter’s third and latest fund-raising round? These are the geezers who just pumped in $100 million in funding...
Welcome to the round-up compiled by eModeration's research consultant Kate Williams, of all that's new, controversial or just plain weird on the social media scene in the last few days. THE HEADLINES ... The UK Govt is to rush a controversial broadband tax into law before the General Election...
According to the Guardian , Frank Warren and Amir Khan are threatening to sue Facebook over derogatory comments made about them on the social network. Facebook allows any user to set up private or public groups. You can go onto Facebook right now and search for Johnny Depp, which will bring back 500...
There may once have been a time when a Yahoo! product launch, even if it is a sneak-it-out-the-back-door Beta style event, would have been a hot topic for discussion so it says a lot that many readers may not even have heard of Yahoo! Meme , their attempt to move into the world of Twitter and Tumblr...
I know the job scene in the ad biz is pretty bad over there, over here it’s desperate. And with the news out of the holding companies of their continuing drastic losses of income and declining profits, you know it’s only going to get worse. Particularly when the magic answer to all their problems is...
In case you hadn’t realized it, I am a multi-tasking, uber-achieving prince of the blogosphere… Meaning that apart from writing this occasional blog for BrandRepublic, I also write a US blog, and manage to bore the *** out of people with various articles and books. The rest of the time I drink, smoke...
